Mission Mission

Just in time for Halloween!

First somebody takes out a stoplight on South Van Ness, and now this. Our pal Russell Quinn shares the skinny:

I was walking back to my home on Valencia and Duboce this morning around 12:30am, where I discovered a car on top of a fire hydrant. I’m guessing it was either a drunk driver or a ditched stolen car—none of the bystanders seemed to know—but the water pressure was insane. The whole block is flooded.

Russell shot a pair of short films on the topic:

Says Lila H., the photographer:

down but not out at 26th and south van ness…

Thanks, Lila!

Congrats, Cold Beer! (Hopefully it’s full of Pabst Blue High Life.)

(Also, it’s gorgeous in the park right now, nbd.)

I guess it took me about 12 minutes to reassure all the people in the Midwest and back east that started IMing to see if I was okay that I was okay.

More.

The artist is one Wesley Frazee. He is crazy.

From Missed Connections:

Needed: witnesses to a gay bashing outside of Taqueria Cancun (mission district)
Date: 2011-10-20, 10:39AM PDT

Did you witness a gay bashing outside of Taqueria Cancun (the one at 19th and Mission) Friday night? Eight men jumped out of a truck and attacked four, severely wounding one (continuing to stomp on his head as he was unconscious). This is a felony hate crime, and we need your support in prosecuting the perpetrators. Please step forward and contact me, because adding witnesses who are not victims help the case, and I’m sure if this happened to you, you would hope people would help, rather than just stand by, watch, and be glad it’s not them getting the beating. Thank you, and please contact anyone you think might have been in the area at that time and ask them. Much appreciated!

it’s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
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Looks like 14th st. is in for some more major changes. First there was yesterday’s groundbreaking for a new 202-unit “ugly as shit” residential complex. Now there’s another proposed condo building in the planning stages, right next to the Armory.

Kink.com, the building’s current occupants, are obviously not to pleased with a new building blocking off the killer view of the Armory’s glorious profile. On top of that, they cite the need for historical preservation of the building, which is totally what Kink is all about. As you may know, throughout the 20s-40s, the Armory was used as a sporting arena (the “Madison Square Garden of the West”) and to this day Kink hosts such high-profile sporting events as nude wrestling, whip skill competitions, and simultaneous-intercourse world record attempts.

The article at Curbed indicates Kink is interested in eventually restoring the main space for events, which does sound amazing. Can’t wait to check out a concert there, though I’ll be sure to wipe down my seat first. Head over to Curbed SF for the details.

[via Curbed SF]

Hmmm, maybe that’s more of an eliptical machine than a cycling contraption, but in any case, someone is very concerned with their fitness.

Previously:

Bicycle Thief or Bicycle Enthusiast?

Street Justice